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An opportunity has presented itself to save an Alco RS1 that once ran on the Spokane International, Tidewater Southern and Central California Traction Company. A group of TS and CCT fans are banding together to save the engine and move it to the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola...

The Reno Local heading home for Sparks NV. Just leaving Panther having picked up some empty LPG tanks at the rear of the train. Greg

Hard to believe but this unit is or nearing 30 years old.:eek:Still earning its keep in Sparks NV. :cool: Greg

How about some SP? We were switching the piggy back tracks in 2004 IIRC with this baby.

April 16th 2003 saw an un patched SD50 still roaming the UP rails. Greg

An SD60 would lead an intermodal train occasionally. This one was leaving Sparks NV in April 2004. Same train different day. January 2006.

UP 951 & 963b visited the WP museum in Portola in 2003. Greg

Repainted into the pre-Safety slogan paint scheme.

As WP should be remebered. :cool:

The latest repaint at the Portola RR museum. WP 563 was one of two Alco switchers painted like this in the early 1970's. I don't think it is running currently but could be tinkered with and running without too much work. Greg

There was a thread about casting some HO flat cars. If I recall correctly, they became a kit. There was some pictures of how the first one was made and how they were going to be cast. For some reason rusty stump comes to mind on this. I've done a search and can't seem to find it. Does...

Currently UP is in need of any and all freight cars it can get a hold of. We have had a resurgence of old covered hoppers show up in Sparks that are going east on a pair of locals. They are a varied fleet of cars, made in the early to mid 60’s. They are 3-bay covered hoppers but a real jewel...

On the Reno Branch, storage is at a premium. One industry leases a siding to hold their cars till they can be cycled through their spur for unloading. The unloading takes three cars maximum but at any given time they have 6-10 cars waiting to be unloaded. So off in the middle of the branch...

Boy am I glad to see this forum. If I can indulge you MRR operators, I would like to post some comments on what we use on the UP. On the UP we have several versions of lists. One is a train consist list. Another is a track list, yard track or industry. And the third list is more of a...

Well, here is a wooden caboose I built in high school. I started out with balsa wood and then cut strips of 3x5 index cards to glue on one plank at a time over the balsa. Since I was going to run in on my Lionel layout behind a Berkshire steam engine, I needed Lionel trucks. I also needed...

I just bought a real neat book "The Central Pacific Railroad Across Nevada 1868 & 1997." The author takes pictures from the construction of the Central Pacific and repeated the shots, as near as possible 125 years or so later. Some big changes and others not so big, very interesting and well...

Here is a place that has some real neat building details. They're in several scales and could really dress up some buildings. http://tes.wirefire.com/ Take a look. Greg Elems

I shot this in natural light today. I wanted to see how my close-up setting would work. Usually I have been using with the flash and indoor light. I'm happy with the results and nothing beats the sun for a light source.

The Circus train left Reno this morning for Oakland. We see it here at Verdi Nevada. Greg Elems

What happened to the thread about the “Gauge freight cars?” I can’t seem to find it. Was it moved? I hope we didn’t lose it. Greg Elems